--- title: Few indeed and far between are those who ever suspected till of late… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Few indeed and far between are those who ever suspected till of late years that every hill and dale in New England had its romantic legend, its beautiful poem, or its marvellous myth--the latter equal in conception and form to those of the Edda--or that a vast collection of these traditions still su --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/1/117/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Kulóskap the master, and other Algonki…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/) / [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/1/) / 117 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 1, sentence 117 Few indeed and far between are those who ever suspected till of late years that every hill and dale in New England had its romantic legend, its beautiful poem, or its marvellous myth--the latter equal in conception and form to those of the Edda--or that a vast collection of these traditions still survives in perfect preservation among the few remaining Indians of New England and the Northeast Coast, or the \_Wabano\_. **Who acts:** hill, vast collection · **What happens:** be, suspect, have, form, survive · **To what, where:** those, late years, perfect preservation This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hill, vast collection), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg78673:1:118 # text = Few indeed and far between are those who ever suspected till of late years that every hill and dale in New England had its romantic legend, its beautiful poem, or its marvellous myth--the latter equal in conception and form to those of the Edda--or that a vast collection of these traditions still survives in perfect preservation among the few remaining Indians of New England and the Northeast Coast, or the _Wabano_. 1 Few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 5 between between ADP IN _ 4 fixed _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 1 conj _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 10 advmod _ _ 10 suspected suspect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 till till ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 16 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 dale dale NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 flat _ _ 22 England England PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 23 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 24 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 romantic romantic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 poem poem NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 marvellous marvellous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 myth myth NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 latter latter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 conception conception NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 form form VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 43 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 Edda Edda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 -- -- PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 or or CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 vast vast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 collection collection NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 57 det _ _ 57 traditions tradition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nmod _ _ 58 still still ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 survives survive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 60 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 preservation preservation NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 63 among among ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 65 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 66 remaining remaining ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 59 obl _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 flat _ _ 70 England England PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 nmod _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 73 Northeast Northeast PROPN NNP Number=Sing 74 compound _ _ 74 Coast Coast PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 76 or or CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 78 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 79 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 79 Wabano Wabano PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 80 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 79 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | those | | | | far *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **suspect** | past | | | | | ever; year | who *nsubj*; dale's marvellous myth *parataxis* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **have** | past | every hill in New England and dale | late years | | | | dale's romantic legend and dale's beautiful poem *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **form** | present | | | | | | to those of the Edda | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **survive** | present | a vast collection of this traditions | | | perfect preservation | still | among the few remaining Indians of New England and the Northeast Coast | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in preservation=Location | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Project Gutenberg book 78673 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/1/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/1/118/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/1/)